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Civil liberties advocates and a bipartisan group in Congress stepped up pressure on Tuesday against the Obama administration's secret domestic surveillance programs via a lawsuit and legislation that could shed light on the scope and legality of the government's snooping.
Insurer's Bid to Avoid Wrongful Death Coverage Rejected
The Court of Appeals yesterday unanimously rebuffed an attempt by Allstate Insurance Co. to avoid paying wrongful death benefits under a homeowner's policy to the father of a 3-year-old girl who drowned in a family pool, overturning the Fourth Department, which had held that the general purpose of homeowner's insurance was to provide coverage for injuries sustained by those who are not insured by the policy.Attorney-Client Privilege in International Investigations
When, as is increasingly common, white-collar investigations cross national boundaries, the sanctity of attorney-client communications, particularly those involving foreign-based in-house counsel, is not guaranteed. To increase the odds of preserving corporate clients' confidences and secrets, attorneys representing multinational clients or involved in multijurisdictional investigations need to be alert to some basic rules that courts are likely to employ, say attorneys Robert Morvillo and Robert Anello.Ex-Partner May Pursue Retirement Pay Claims
A former Rogers & Wells partner who was asked to resign over a series of client overcharges may be entitled to lifetime retirement benefits, a Manhattan appellate court has ruled. John J. Sheehy, who agreed to take early retirement in 1995, claimed the company had breached an oral agreement to pay him lifetime benefits under its partnership agreement. The court found the partnership agreement did not require a writing to grant supplemental retirement payments.View more book results for the query "Eric Company"
There may be clues to the fate of Bank of America's proposed $8.5 billion deal over toxic mortgage-backed securities in the historic settlement that Wachtell Lipton's Koplow reached for the tobacco industry more than a decade ago.
House GOP gearing up for Obama probes
There were surprisingly few large-scale congressional investigations during 2012, at least for an election year. But experts expect that to change.Trending Stories
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